LAWS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: New Zealand Law Commission, Interpretation Act, Law Commission
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Not very much of what donna is saying is examinable- the article by david mcgee, and an amendment after that which are examinable. Do not need to remember the citations in an essay- if you want to say the skycity case, just write skycity . May 9th, writing an opinion on a piece of legislation under pressure. Roots in the new zealand law commission- law reform body. Made the proposal that they make legislation as easy as possible to read and understand. Drafted a statute, and long after some of it came into force as an amended version of the interpretation act. Does not carry more weight than any other section, neither will it override other sections. Quilter- lots of references which excluded non-married couples and were therefore discriminatory. So to all of these sections, was added de facto partner, civil union etc. and definitions of these were added to the.
